Alan Wake was the highly anticipated and self described "Psychological Action Thriller" from the developers at Remedy, the creators of the first two Max Payne games, and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Originally slated for a PC and Xbox 360 release, many PC fans were upset to hear that the PC version was scrapped in favor of what Microsoft described as a game that was "more suitable to be enjoyed on a console…" than on a computer. Eventually the game was released on May 14th in Europe, 18th in North America and 20th in Australia to average first week sales (In some cases released the same day as Red Dead Redemption)

The game itself is unique in having a narrative driven story and draws inspiration from TV shows, movies, and books such as Twin Peaks, Lost, The Shining, and the works of writers such as Stephen King. Like a TV show, the game is presented in "Episodes" and they even recap previous events the player has experienced just like a TV viewer gets a recap of what happened on a show from episodes of past weeks. Besides that, people noted it for its dark and especially oppressive atmosphere, and unique form of story telling not seen too much in other games today.


Original Archived Let's Play available at the Let's Play Archive

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